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was cut by the somewhat sinuate seams made by dykes of harder rock from 6 inches to 
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two feed broad that extended vertically by the rock fac3. At one or two places this 
intruded material had filled some cavity forming an expanded shield like a 
medallion. The summit supported by these harder materials was cut in huge triangular 
dentations. One pinnacle of rounded form and erect position of a suggestive form 
was known as Ka Ule Na Na Hoa. Acoording to legend in the old days a fisherman lived 
here who in his family had a daughter of great beauty of form and person. The 
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renown of this handsome, young lady came to the ears of a prince of Kauai who 
came across and requested her in marriage. The old fisherman told the royal 
suitor to soncult the girl's wishes in the matter. She ran nimbly up the steep 
slopes until finally she came to the edge of the cliff far above the water. Here she 
paused warning her would-be lover not to touch her or she would leap over. His ardor 
overcoming his reason, he continued to advance and she junqped to her death while was 
changed to stone the pinnacle rock representing his erect penis, Ka Ule Na Na Hoa— 
the male genital erect in a marital position. Another version of the story the 
chase begins in the eastern Islands and continues westward ffom island to 
island. The girl trapped finally on Nihoa the last land to the westward 
known to the Hawaiians leaped to her death. The remainder of the tale is as above. 
Three or four caves have been driv&ngby wave action in the base of the 
cliffs. As we passed .heavy swells rose and fill in them with hollow mysterious 
slapping and booming in the hidden depths. After landing Grant, Thaanum, and' 
Dranga on a broad rock ledge to search for shells...boat was guided for 6o feet 
into one of these caverns. The end was barely visible 75 to 100 feet beyond. 
The water runs from 6 to 8 fathoms clear to the base Of the cliff and was 7 
fac ; deep in the entrance of this cave. 
On the rocks outside were abundance of the shells known as opeki and a few 
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other. The shell men were landed in three places and made collections of 
